Pirate Night at the State Museum
Friday, August 20, 2010
6 p.m. Registration for 6:30 p.m. screening
6:30 p.m. First screening of The Princess Bride
7:30 p.m. Registration for 9 p.m. screening and gallery time
8 p.m. Gallery time for 6:30 p.m. screening
9 p.m. Audience participation screening of The Princess Bride
$15 general public ($10 for Members)
Arrrgh! The State Museum has been taken hostage by
those dastardly buccaneers of the high seas! Who will walk the plank? Is there treasure hidden away? Bring your flashlight and find out Friday evening, August 20 from 6 – 10 p.m. at Pirate Night at the State Museum!
Screening of The Princess Bride, snacks, and the chance to see the museum after hours. And for those movie-goers looking for something just a little different, there will be a later showing at 9 p.m. with some special surprises!
The Pirate Night movie is the modern classic, The Princess Bride, a comic adventure tale about pirates, revenge, sword-fighting, cowardly villains, giants, miracles, and, of course, true love. The cast features Cary Elwes as the Dread Pirate Roberts, Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya (“…you killed my father. Prepare to die.”), Andre the Giant as Fezzig, Billy Crystal as Miracle Max, Robin Wright as Buttercup, and Peter Falk and Fred Savage as the Grandfather and Grandson.
Registration begins at 6 p.m. followed by a screening of
The Princess Bride at 6:30 p.m. Guests will receive a bag of popcorn (drinks and other snacks will be available for purchase). After the movie, get out your flashlights (bring yours or buy ours!) and tour the darkened museum galleries, including the new blockbuster exhibit
Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers.
Guests who would prefer to come to the later showing will arrive at 7:30 p.m. to tour the museum galleries and the new blockbuster Pirates exhibit then attend a special audience participation screening of The Princess Bride at 9 p.m. On hand for this showing will be costumed characters bringing the characters of Buttercup, Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts, Inigo, etc. to life. In the spirit of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” audience members will be encouraged to shout out their favorite lines from the movie.
Recommended for ages 3 and up
For more information, email publicprograms@scmuseum.org or call 803-898-4952.